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ABOUT JOSH: PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, MARKETING & PUBLIC
RELATIONS |
Joshua
Hardin is a Colorado native and resident whose lifelong interest
in photography began while using a Kodak 110 film camera to
document his childhood family hiking trips around
Colorado and the national parks of the western
United States. Joshua
studied black and white darkroom photography in high school and
later worked as a manager at a chain of professional one hour
photo lab stores in the Loveland/Fort Collins region. While
attending Colorado State University he was editor of CSU’s student newspaper
The Rocky Mountain
Collegian. After earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism he
worked for a year as a reporter and photographer for The BVI
Beacon, a newspaper in the British Virgin Islands.
Upon returning to Colorado, Joshua worked as the staff
photographer for Regis University in Denver from 2004 to 2009
while earning a master’s degree in business administration with a
marketing emphasis there. In 2010, he published the mass-market
paperback book
Classic
Colorado that featured a retrospective of his
favorite landscape and wildlife photos from the across the state.
Recently, Josh became the founding staff photographer and photo
editor for
Colorado Life Magazine, a lifestyle publication covering
stories about the state's nature, adventure attractions, history
and colorful characters.
Joshua’s work has also been published by
The Denver Post, Outdoor
Photographer Magazine, The Colorado Press Association and
many other publications. He
owns Viewfinder Media, a company devoted to nature and
travel photography, publishing and workshops for photographers and
business leaders.
Today, Josh still spends an extensive amount of time exploring and
photographing his home state of Colorado and other western
landscapes.
Contact Viewfinder Media for
your nature and travel photography or writing needs now!
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SUMMARY OF SKILLS |
- Proficient in PC and Mac programs:
Adobe Creative Suite 6 (Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, etc.),
Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook, etc.), Quark XPress and Camtasia Studio.
- Accomplished visual design
professional with more than 15 years of
photography experience using Nikon, Canon and Pentax digital
cameras as well as 35mm and 4x5 film cameras.
- Knowledgeable of marketing research,
strategic planning, e-marketing and search engine optimization
practices.
- Experienced with social media
applications including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and
Web forums.
- Adept at writing news stories,
features, press releases,
internal communications, brochures and other
publications.
- Outgoing, friendly personality
proficient at speaking to classrooms, workshops, presentations
and on television.
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ACTIVITIES & AWARDS |
-
The Fort
Collins Digital Workshop. Photography Instructor. May
2011 - Present.
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Rocky
Mountain Nature Photographers. Forum
Moderator. November 2011 - January 2014.
- North American Nature Photographer's
Association member. Attended 2009 Annual Summit in
Albuquerque, N.M.
- Colorado State University Alumni
Media Festival: 2013 Cammy Grande (photo editing) and Cammy
(writing) Awards, 2011 Cammy Grande (book design) Award, 2009
Certificate of Merit (nature photo portfolio).
- Outdoor Photographer Magazine,
Nature's Colors Contest: Honorable Mention. February 2009.
- Company Magazine's "The Ignatian View"
6th Photo Contest: Second place, professional (Summer 2008).
5th Photo Contest: Two honorable mention awards, professional (Summer
2006).
- Photographed Regis University’s “In
Good Company” campaign. 2006 American Marketing Association
Admissions Advertising Awards: newspaper ad (bronze), direct
mail ad (bronze) and total ad campaign (merit).
- Mesa Verde National Park Centennial
Celebration Photo Workshop III, October 2006 attendee.
- The Fund for American Studies
Institute on Political Journalism, Georgetown University, 2002
graduate.
- Society of Professional Journalists
2002 Region IX Mark of Excellence Awards: first place news
reporting (third place nationally), third place sports
photography. 2001: first place feature photography,
third place spot news photography and honorable mention opinion
column writing.
- Columbia University 2001 Gold Circle
Award: Certificate of merit, newspaper photo layout about
Colorado residents' reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
- Named Best Photographer at The Rocky
Mountain Collegian, Fall 2001. Participated in the
Great Colorado Shootout photo workshop at Colorado State
University.
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EXHIBITIONS & PUBLISHED WORK |
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Photography Exhibitions:
- Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat
Springs, CO: "Nature Photography Invitational." May 30 - July
15, 2014
- The Center for Fine Art Photography,
Fort Collins, CO: "Art in Nature." October 21 - November 26,
2011.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
Visitors Center, Alamosa, CO: "RMNP Photographers." February
2010.
- Downtown Aquarium/Gallery Photo
Martini Club, Tennyson Art District, Denver: "After Hours."
June 2009.
- Reed Photo Art Gallery, Santa Fe Art
District & Gallery Photo Martini Club, Denver: "Ullr."
February 2009.
- Bentwave Gallery, Tennyson Art
District, Denver: "Nature Photography." December 7, 2007 -
January 31, 2008.
- Dayton Memorial Library, Regis
University: "Colorado Native" (Solo). December 3, 2007 - January
31, 2008.
- Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center,
Colorado State University: "Collegian Photographers." March
2002.
Working Photography
Portfolio:
Working
Portfolio
Browse photographs taken by Josh on breaking and
feature news assignments, during sporting events and for clients
in the higher education and travel industries.
Publication Photography Examples
(All Photos Taken by Joshua Hardin):
Colorado Life & Nebraska
Life Magazines (Estes Park, Colorado / Norfolk, Nebraska):
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Regis University (Denver,
Colorado):
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Writing & Page Design
Examples:
Click on the thumbnail or the headline to view a clip. Adobe Acrobat is required.
Colorado Life Magazine
(Estes Park, Colorado):
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11 Colorado ghost towns
Finding heaven along the Devil's Backbone
Sterling's immortal
trees and the sculptor who gave them life
The BVI Beacon (British Virgin Islands):
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A son is buried as search for killer continues
Confusion rules court assizes
Corruption trial ends in guilty pleas
Bad air at government building sickens servants
Controversial beach constructed at
Brandywine Bay
The Rocky Mountain Collegian (Fort
Collins, Colorado):
The peak of Colorado color
Remembering the
1976 Big Thompson Flood
Colorado reacts to the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks (photo essay design)
Of wolf and man (photo essay about Wolves
Offered Life & Friendship)
Exclusive long form
essay version of the WOLF Sanctuary story
HERE
Century-old time capsule opened
Colorado mourns Sept. 11 with country on
one year anniversary
Olympic torch blazes through Colorado State
University
Loveland continues Valentine
tradition
Vice President Cheney discusses Iraq at
Wyoming fundraiser
Suspect arrested in string of Fort Collins/Philadelphia sexual
assaults Other Stories:
New seaplanes coming to the BVI
New Belgium's first Tour de Fat brews fun
The Haven (BVI Property Guide)
Corn maze grows patriotism
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